Problems and Prospects of Scheduled Tribe (ST) Women Entrepreneurship in Cachar District
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https://doi.org/10.54741/ssjar.3.6.3Keywords:
entrepreneurship, scheduled tribes (sts), north eastern region (ner), problems and prospects of entrepreneurshipAbstract
When every educational institution realised the importance of entrepreneurship education as a component that brings overall development has become important and necessary not only amongst academia but in many rural areas in North Eastern Region (NER) of India. It plays a pivotal role in empowering women, generating employment, eradicating poverty and exploitation of natural resources for the economic development. Entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Tribes (STs) populations is to be essential for the development and well-being of their families and societies. As most of North Eastern Region (NER) having the habitation of the tribal people since long, the present study examines the problems and prospects in becoming an entrepreneur among tribal women in Cachar district, Assam and also investigate the motivating factors for entrepreneurship among STs women of Cachar district of Assam.
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